Image generating apparatus and image generating method

1. An image generating apparatus, comprising: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a geographical position for which an image is to be generated; a second unit configured to obtain user identification information for identifying a user; a third obtaining unit configured to specify, based on the geographical position and the user identification information, a date and time when a vehicle related to the user traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtain travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and a generating unit configured to generate a travel image including a scene of the geographical position and the travel data.

2. The image generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the travel data includes at least one of an image of the vehicle and a driver at the time of travelling of the vehicle through the geographical position in the past, and a travel path at the time of travelling of the vehicle through the geographical position in the past.

3. The image generating apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the image of the vehicle and the driver is an image that has been shot by at least one of a shooting apparatus fixed at a fixed position and a shooting apparatus mounted on a mobile object.

4. The image generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second obtaining unit obtains travel data of each of a plurality of vehicles at times of travelling of the plurality of vehicles through the geographical position on different dates and times in the past, and the generating unit generates a travel image including the scene of the geographical position and the travel data of each of the plurality of vehicles.

5. The image generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the geographical position for which the image is to be generated is specified based on at least one of a map, an address, a scene shot by a shooting apparatus, and a result of positioning performed by a positioning apparatus.

6. The image generating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the generation of the travel image includes use of a scene that has been shot in real time as the scene of the geographical position.

7. An image generating apparatus, comprising: a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a geographical position for which an image is to be generated; a second obtaining unit configured to specify a date and time when a target vehicle traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtain travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and a generating unit configured to generate a travel image including a scene of the geographical position, the travel data of the vehicle, and travel data of a virtual vehicle.

8. A method of generating an image, the method comprising: obtaining a geographical position for which an image is to be generated; obtaining user identification information for identifying a user; specifying, based on the geographical position and the user identification information, a date and time when a vehicle related to the user traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtaining travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and generating a travel image including a scene of the geographical position and the travel data.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the travel data includes at least one of an image of the vehicle and a driver at the time of travelling of the vehicle through the geographical position in the past, and a travel path at the time of travelling of the vehicle through the geographical position in the past.

10. A non-transitory storage medium comprising a program comprising an instruction for, when the program is executed by one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to: obtain a geographical position for which an image is to be generated; obtain user identification information for identifying a user; specify, based on the geographical position and the user identification information, a date and time when a vehicle related to the user traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtain travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and generate a travel image including a scene of the geographical position and the travel data.

11. The storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the travel data includes at least one of an image of the vehicle and a driver at the time of travelling of the vehicle through the geographical position in the past, and a travel path at the time of travelling of the vehicle through the geographical position in the past.

12. A method of generating an image, the method comprising: obtaining a geographical position for which an image is to be generated; specifying a date and time when a target vehicle traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtaining travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and generating a travel image including a scene of the geographical position, the travel data of the vehicle, and travel data of a virtual vehicle.

13. A non-transitory storage medium comprising a program comprising an instruction for, when the program is executed by one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to: obtain a geographical position for which an image is to be generated; specify a date and time when a target vehicle traveled through the geographical position in a past and obtain travel data of the vehicle at the date and time; and generate a travel image including a scene of the geographical position, the travel data of the vehicle, and travel data of a virtual vehicle.